Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce and the WINNER of the Brooks Running Outfit Giveaway.

Since we last talked a lot of stuff happened. Things like taking a nap with brooke, planning out my route for my long run this morning and visiting Bangs Friend at work. Talk about productivity.

You may have noticed that we really like chicken in our household. (PS no I did not just get back from a run…it is just really hot in our apartment;)

When I was asked to create a recipe using Tyson® Grilled & Ready® Chicken Breast Strips I was stoked. I have seen these in the grocery store and I have always wanted to try them because it doesn’t get much easier than cooking with these (especially because I do not enjoy touching/cooking raw meet). Hello convenient.

Other things that I noticed first thing about Tyson® Grilled & Ready® is that there are no preservatives and that they are all white meat. Also, I can think of about a million different recipes/meals that I could use with these…especially salads. Like my favorite Summer Salad that I make or the lunch that I eat every day of my life….chicken and sweet potatoes.

Drum roll please for the recipe……

Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce (I crave the PF Changs lettuce wraps at least once each day so I decided to make some lettuce wraps myself)

Chop the chicken, peppers and mushrooms into cubes and stir fry veggies in a little bit of olive oil for 3-5 minutes. Add chicken to skillet and warm (Tyson® Grilled & Ready® are already fully cooked). Season with salt and pepper.

Wash and cut your romaine lettuce, iceburg lettuce or cabbage for the wraps.

Peanut Sauce:

1/2 c chicken broth

3 Tbsp soy sauce

1.5 Tbsp. fresh minced ginger

1 tsp minced garlic

1 Tbsp. honey

3 Tbsp. creamy peanut butter

1 tsp Sriracha Chili Sauce

Combine sauce ingredients and heat on stove (medium-low). Stir the sauce until smooth and warmed…once this happens it is ready to be poured all over your delicious Thai Chicken Lettuce Wrap.

This Saturday, we are: running 5 miles, running errands and going to the pool with friends (weather permitting). If it rains, it’s a movie day inside! :)

I had chicken last night when we went out to a stir fry restaurant! It’s the best creation ever- they have everything you could want, and you put everything you want in your stir fry into a bowl, choose from about 20 different sauces (or mix them together and create your own!) and they cook it for you! I love stir fry, so it was cool going somewhere and having more options than normal!

Racing in pouring rain is not fun. Drizzle is welcome, but pouring rain is miserable… in my opinion!

My husband and I are running a 5 mile loop that we haven’t run in almost a year… so kind of both? It’s new in the sense that it will feel new, but we used to run it all the time together before we got gym memberships.

I race CIM last year, when it was raining sideways. Tip I got from experienced runners: just step into the puddles because your feet are going to get soaked anyways.
Three things I will do this Saturday: trail run, go to a youth pre-retreat rally in Palo Alto as a counselor, and sleep early!
Have a wonderful Saturday!

That outfit is superb. But the shoe pic is even better. Strap in your loved ones right? I love running in mist on a warmer day but not full fledge downpour please!
Today:
1. Long run
2. Eat chocolate Kashi cookies
3. Drink wine!

I love Tyson chicken. It’s my go-to food when I don’t like what my parents made for dinner or I’m too lazy to cook something on my own. It tastes fresh too! I LOVE red velvet cake ice cream. It might be one of my top 3 flavors. Especially the little cake bites or when it’s in the frozen yogurt machines.

I eat chicken almost every day. Yesterday I made pasta with chicken, some salsa, canned tomatoes, ranch dressing, and Mexican spices. Sounds weird but it was really good. Even my 5 year old liked it.
I have 2 hours to run by myself today after my bf gets back from his run. It’s going to be hot but I may take a new route to switch things up a little. It’s not often I get to run by myself without a stroller or not on a treadmill!

That looks yummy! We had chicken earlier this week…I made baked chicken legs.
I am sticking to my normal route….but I need to come up with a few new ones for sure!
How was your long run?
1. My run
2. Making these awesome ice cream bars with the kids
3. laundry :)

Lindsey

My daughter is having her birthday party today and we always do a make your own sundae bar for the girls! We picked out vanilla ice cream, but she also HAD to have that red velvet! You would love the make your own sundae party! Right up your alley! We set it up like a froyo place and everything!

Lindsey

You are always invited! There are rules though! You have to run with me, you have to stay at least a week so we can get to know you and Brooke and you have to teach us how to shop at Costco and Trader Joes!

I love PF Chang’s lettuce wraps but haven’t had them for years. Sadly, I had an aversion to chicken breasts throughout my pregnancy, and even though I’m not pregnant anymore, they still freak me out (texture issue).
Today, I plan to 1) take a nap, 2) get froyo at Orange Leaf with a friend, and 3) relax on the couch with my husband and baby girl. Pretty rough day :)

Yum! Dinner and dessert look like perfection :-) actually when I ran 3:15 in January it was cold and drizzly! And I really hate running in rain! Normally we don’t get a ton of rain in tx though so I can’t complain too much!

Kelly in Canada

I am going to 1. Wake up without an alarm (check!), 2. Go for a morning run because I can (summer vacation from teaching is finally here!), and 3. Have a fun day with some friends. That hasn’t happened in over a month!

The last race I ran was in an absolute downpour! It was ironic because it was the Run for Water 10k! I don’t usually mind it while I’m running; it actually really helps me focus most of the time. It’s just afterwards that I was super cold.

I just moved so for now I will probably do the same run as usual, but I am getting bored with this route and really need to switch it up soon. I also don’t like that my normal route takes me past raspberry and blueberry fields, and they have been spraying them with something that I don’t think I should be breathing in (hence the breather masks on the farmers) but can smell.

Monica

The chicken wraps look great!
My Saturday:
1. Long walk with my 16 month old at 5:45 am! (The things this mama does so the husband can sleep in!)
2. Bouncy house bday party with my 4 year old.
3. Long run this evening followed by a bottle o’ wine!

Sally

Just finished my long run! I went on the same trail but ran towards downtown instead of towards the dam – I know daring!!

I ran that same race that Tonya ran…it poured! Running through huge puddles was interesting to say the least. The best part about it was that my son and daughter ran with me. Now we’re going to make that race a tradition so they can come home at the end of the semester and race with me.

Abby Sparrow

I didn’t send in an outfit because I don’t think I had made any disastrous fashion choice while running, but now that I think about it, the trash bag I wore for the first half of the Country Music Half Marathon might qualify. It was my first half marathon and I’ll always remember it! I had never been that cold in my entire life and was stuck in the medical tent since I couldn’t stop shaking. Everyone who ran it deserves a special award!

Caitlin

I ran that Nashville half marathon too! It was not just raining, it was a freaking MONSOON. There were puddles about a foot deep the entire time and our clothes were completely stuck to us. The good news is, we didn’t stop the entire time…nothing like running in a terrible storm makes your adrenaline kick in like that!

This morning I ran ten miles with my running group (on our usual trail), next I am going to train two clients, and later today I am going to work on the details for the ultramarathon that I’m hosting in two weeks. Woot woo!!!

I PR’ed in the absolute pouring rain (the entire race) at the Steamtown Marathon in Scranton, PA a few years ago. I certainly didn’t have to worry about overheating!

What am I doing today and have I ever run a race in the ran? Yes….a 5k Epic Canadian Race run today in pour down rain. Check out the race recap at http://www.indyroo.blogspot.ca. I have never run in so much rain!!!

I had chicken last night in a pasta and veggie dish that I ate knowing I had to run today.

Tomorrow is another 5k race for Lung Cancer and it is a race I do every year, so I guess my answer to your last question is a familiar route.

Three things I’m doing on this lovely Saturday:
1.) Laying outside with Elmo and getting some sun!
2.) Taking Elmo to Petco because he got sick on his new dog food. Poor little guy.
3.) Wegmans or Chipotle for dinner!!! Always a good day!

And the last time I had chicken (I think) was when I came home my junior year of college and had chicken ‘ala king; otherwise, it’s been a pescetarian life for me!

Marissa

3 things I’m going to do on my Saturday: stay out of the heat (105 today :( ), go bowling with my kids, and plan a long run for tomorrow.
I’ve never run a race in the rain, just trained in it :)
The last time I had chicken was when the hubby bbq’d it last night and it was delicious!
For long runs, I like to stick to ground I know, and have bathrooms lined up. I love new routes for short runs.

That shower cap kills me!!!! I ran CIM several years ago and it rained hard off and on the whole time. Not as bad as last year (I didn’t run but did spectate). We eat lots of roasted chicken here…usually with roasted veggies. The big plan for today is checking out an open house. Other than those 30 minutes, we are unscheduled. Have a great weekend and try to stay cool!

What I’m doing this weekend: icing my ankle/foam rolling the heck out of my legs (I ran a 14-miler this morning….it wasn’t pretty but I finished). I’m also going to get breakfast followed by pedicures with a good friend. This afternoon, I plan to be lazy and eat a lot of good fruit.

I haven’t ran a race in the pouring rain although I’ve been caught in several ‘monsoon’ like downpours on training runs. Always fun times until you start to get worried that the Garmin can’t handle it anymore.

This morning’s route was the same route I’ve done the past two weekends….more or less….along the lakefront, I just varied it a bit so it wasn’t too monotonous

Running, eating, shopping ! :)
I haven’t eaten chicken since 5th grade.. I became a vegetarian in 6th :)
I tried a new route this morning and it was awesomeeee, Can’t believe there were paths all along I had no idea about

Lexa

Circuit Workout, Getting my hair done and then working. I hope to run about 6 miles tomorrow and don’t know the route yet as I am waiting for my running buddy to let me know if she can meet me. The long run by my house is killer with a ton of hills.

Rene Hall

1) Got my long run in with my amazing running group. Love the camaraderie of runners.
2) Spent the day doing a lot of nothing – the first lazy Saturday I’ve had in a long time.
3) Going to celebrate America with BBQ, flag t-shirts, and fireworks – just the way the founding fathers intended.

I ran 3 miles this morning with no knee pain!! Running every other day seems to be my solution and I so need to stick with it and pace myself!! Of course I ran this am and I was drenched and out of breath the whole workout. The heat is killing me this summer, it was only 85 degrees and 80% humidity….

We are going to my friend’s party to welcome their new little girl they adopted from China and to celebrate her 2 big brothers.

I am making a fort kit for my daughter’s little friend’s birthday tomorrow.

The chicken wraps look yummy!
The worst running outfit? I died! That was awesome!
I love to mix up my long runs and try and find new places to run but after training for an Ironman I think I have used up every square inch of the state ;-) There isn’t a place I haven’t ran or ridden around here.

Nikki

Ran 7 miles in the rain, very proud of myself that I kept going even though I was soaked. It was on a paved trail that I have not run on yet and the local Fleet Feet store offers a hydration station along the way. I will definitely run there again!!

I had chicken for lunch yesterday. I made a Dijon mustard/yogurt sauce, dipped the chicken in there, and then breaded it with minced onion and bread crumbs. Came out great for a new recipe! I’ve never run in the rain before, but with the temperature as miserable as it’s been, a little bit of rain sounds nice.